Relación entre el estrés académico y consumo de alcohol en estudiantes de la Universidad de Cuenca

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to establish a correlation between academic stress and alcohol consumption in students of the University of Cuenca, the characteristics that are generated from academic stress and the levels of consumption in second, third, eighth and ninth semesters of Civil Engineering and Law careers of the University of Cuenca were described. The research has a quantitative approach and the type of design is non-experimental with a correlational scope. The participants were 225 students, with a selection of stratified random type divided by semesters: 67 students from Second, 53 from Third, 53 from Eighth semester and 52 from ninth semester. In order to calculate the variable of academic stress was used the test named SISCO V1 inventory of Arturo Barraza (2007), it contains 31 Likert-type items and has a scale of 5 numerical values where 1 means little and 5 a lot. For the alcohol consumption variable, was used the OMS’s AUDIT test, developed by Babor, Higgins-Biddle, Saunders, & Monteiro (2001), it used a method of alcohol consumption screening. The results did not establish a relationship between the variables; however, the variables express that most of the students are in a level of medium or moderate academic stress due to the complexity of the evaluations, work overload, presenting, drowsiness accompanied by pains head and an increase or decrease in food consumption. Likewise, the majority of students faced the situations through the elaboration of a plan and execution of tasks and finally with assertive ability. On the other hand, at a level of risk of alcohol intake, most of the individuals applied are located and it is followed by alcohol consumption problems, which evidences relevance of consumption in the participants of the corresponding careers.